Stay for corsets



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STAY FOR GORSBTS.

No. 296,063." Patented Apr. 1,1884.

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UNITED STATES HENRY REILY, OF RIXFORD, PENNSYLVANIA.

PATENT OFFICE.

STAY FO R CORSETS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 296,063, dated April 1, 1884.

Applieation filed June 11, 1883. (Model) ToaZZ whom it may concern..-

' Be it known that I, HENRY REILY, of Rix ford, in the county of McKean and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stays for Corsets and Dresses; and I do hereby declare the following ,to be a full, clear, and exact description of the The object of my invention is to produce a flexible stay for dresses and corsets which will conform readily and easily to every movement of the body, and which is cheaply produced and very durable.

The accompanying drawing represents my invention.

A represents a double spiral or coiled spring, which is flattened, as shown, and which is made of one continuous wire. The flattening of the spring may be done by the machine D struck up therefrom, and has the corners or ends of the points bent over, so as to clasp the springs and bind the two parts securely together. By flattening the springs a much wider and stronger stayis produced without the thickness which would otherwise be necessary, and hence better and stronger stays foundation is not new, and this I disclaim.

My invention differs from this in making a double spring which is attached tothe plate by means of suitable points or projections, as shown.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim A double-coiled flattened spring, A, in combination with the-plate G, the plate 0 being provided with points D, which are bent down over the spring to secure the two'parts together, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I afflx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY REILY. Witnesses:

COLONEL ELSWOR'IH MAYS, DAVID ABBOTT. 

